Richard A. Nichols

For persons of a similar name, see Richard Nichols (disambiguation).

Richard Alan Nichols FLS is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at Queen Mary University of London.^[2] He is known for the Balding–Nichols model^[3] and the Beaumont and Nichols method for detecting natural selection.^[4]

Richard Nichols
Alma mater	University College London University of East Anglia (PhD)
Known for	Balding–Nichols model
Scientific career
Institutions	Queen Mary University of London
Thesis	The ecological genetics of a hybrid zone in an alpine grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Godfrey Hewitt[1]

He graduated with a first-class degree in zoology from University College London in 1981 and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1984 under the supervision of Godfrey Hewitt.^[1]

References

1. "Nichols Lab". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Professor Richard Nichols". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
3. Balding, DJ; Nichols, RA (1995). "A method for quantifying differentiation between populations at multi-allelic loci and its implications for investigating identity and paternity". Genetica. 96 (1–2). Springer: 3–12. doi:10.1007/BF01441146. PMID 7607457. S2CID 30680826.
4. "Evaluating loci for use in the genetic analysis of population structure". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 263 (1377): 1619–1626. 22 December 1996. doi:10.1098/rspb.1996.0237.